Metric Conversions

Throughout this study weights and measures have been expressed in contemporary terms: imperial before 1970 and metric thereafter.

The British pound and, after 1900, the Australian pound, was the basic unit of currency in Victoria until the change to decimal currency in 1966 when one pound was worth two dollars. Contemporary monetary units have been expressed in this study. Before 1966, these were pounds, shillings, and pence. The following conversion factors apply:

1 inch (in) = 0.0254 m

1 foot (ft) = 0.305 m

1 yard (yd) = 0.914 m

1 rod = 5½ yards = 16½ feet = 5.0292 m

1 mile = 1,609.4 m

1 ounce (oz) = 28.3 g

1 pound (lb) = 454 g

1 ton = 1.02 tonne

1 bushel (bus) = 0.0364 cubic metres

1 rood = ¼ acre

1 perch = 30¼ square yards = 25.29 sq. metres

1 acre = 0.405 ha

1 penny (1d) = 0.83 cents

12 pence = 1 shilling

1 shilling = 10 cents

1 pound (£) = 2 dollars